So I\'ve found an RX7...

[DC-TYPER]

I\'m in brighton so if you need any help or advice let me know; i bought one myself recently and looked at several first.
 
Andy

what cars yours, ill look out for you

[dwarfslapper]

I\'m in brighton so if you need any help or advice let me know; i bought one myself recently and looked at several first.
Andy

what cars yours, ill look out for you

As above i will look out for the both of you i am only in Bognor Regis :wave

[K1HKS arse]

damn that one was sold!

the thing is i need to put my private plate on it (see username!) so it needs to be a 1995/1996 onwards!

I have an N reg FD for sale.

See this thread http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37355

Gary

[N777CK T]

I have an N reg FD for sale.

See this thread http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37355

Gary

yeh thanks, its the kinda thing im looking for but its £1,250 too much for me... o.n.o ? £6k and i\'ll be there this week...

DC-TYPER
yeah im on SJC thats me! lol

[K1HKS arse]

Sorry buddy no can do, £7k and she\'s yours.

[N777CK T]

no worries... found another one to look into!

[N777CK T]

OK... so i went to see another one today... they only just got it in yesterday...

Fresh Import
1997 Type-R
72,000 miles
Buddy Club P1 Alloys
Nur Spec Exhaust
Interior was in near new condition. V. good with added (apexi) gauges boost + another temp gauge
Bodywork was good - it hadnt been valeted yet though.
Panel gaps were all good

now the niggly bits... we werent allowed to test drive it because it hadnt been registered and they never register their cars until someone has bought it.

We did start it up and there was no smoke from the exhaust, the oil pressure showed up as a 4 (how good/bad is that?)
both turbos showed no signs of oil leaking etc...
obviously because its a fresh import i cant be 100% sure that its had a rebuild and although it has done just over 70kmiles the engine was very clean.

At times like this i looked at other points which would show signs of how well the car had been treated...
Now im guessing from the Tyres (Pirella Potenza something or others cost over here about £1k for a full set) that the last owner in japan had spent a lot on his car / so looked after it well...
After all if the owner buys tyres that are that expensive then surely he would have had it rebuilt??

Its up for £5,850

Now i am interested in the car as it is quite rare in white, good condition from what i could see and one of the few that are around for sale that i can put my 1996 private plate on...

Please let me know what you think? It would be a shame to miss out on this car if it has had a rebuild!

[DC-TYPER]

get a comp test done!
 
most fd engines look clean whatevere the mileage.
 
and if your spending nearly 6k  -  demand a test drive man

[N777CK T]

didnt know how to do a comp test - im guessing as its a fresh import they wont have done a test on it themselves.

just did a search and found that mazda can do them for £40... is this right? do they go and check the car for you? If so should i go down there with the mazda mechanic to make sure he doesnt get paid to say its better than it is? lol...

[johnf]

Is this a specialist jap importer - if so the comp test request shouldn\'t be an issue.

If this is the original engine without proof of rebuild I would\'t risk it unless you think it\'s worth 8.5k as that\'s what you could end up spending within the next year.

John

[N777CK T]

Is this a specialist jap importer - if so the comp test request shouldn\'t be an issue.

If this is the original engine without proof of rebuild I would\'t risk it unless you think it\'s worth 8.5k as that\'s what you could end up spending within the next year.

John

well its from F1 Autos .net in Southampton docks so yes they are a specialist jap importer...

But i understand that NO importers know if their cars have been rebuilt because of documents getting lost from japan...?
who does rebuilds for £2,500 then? I thought they were like £3,500 - well from reworx anyway!

[Jit]

get it compression tested....ask them to take the car to somewhere like rx motors or reworx and get the compression test done. if it transpires the car is on its original engie, then walk away...the water jacket are on the plate will probably fail sometime soon.
some builders such as rx motors will rebuild for 2600 as long as you dont need new parts...the more parts ned replacing, the higher the cost gets!

[N777CK T]

yeh i will phone up and ask them that...

i reckon they will say no if i ask them to take the car to somewhere like rx motors or reworx and get the compression test done though

theyre in southampton so not too sure which is the local Rotary tuners to them?

[N777CK T]

just about to buy the car in an hour or so...
phoned up the garage and asked about a compression test - he said if i buy it they will compression test it for me - if the results are bad he simply wont well me the car anyway!
fair enough i thought...? wish me luck!

[DC-TYPER]

why wont he do it before?